At first I was creeped out by Li’s tone… there’s something very Lost Boys theme about it (you know- the song with the kids singing “thou shalt not kill”?) but after some extended exposure I now love it as a hauntingly beautiful song about love and loss.
Check it!
omg. I can’t handle this song. Too sweet, too beautiful, too perfect.
(Apparently it’s written about lead singer Nate’s parents. Awwwwww.)
Slow down, we’ve got time left to be lazy
All the kids have bloomed from babies into flowers in our eyes.
We’ve got 50 good years left to spend out in the garden
I don’t care to beg your pardon,
We should live until we die.We were barely 18 when we’d crossed collective hearts.
It was cold, but it got warm when you’d barely crossed my eye.
And then you turned, put out your hand,
And you asked me to dance.
I knew nothing of romance, but it was love at second sight.I swear when I grow up, I won’t just buy you a rose.
I will buy the flower shop, and you will never be lonely.
Even if the sun stops waking up over the fields
I will not leave, I will not leave ’till it’s our time.
So just take my hand, you know that I will never leave your side.It was the winter of ‘86, and all the fields had frozen over.
So we moved to Arizona to save our only son
And now he’s turning to a man, although he thinks just like his mother,
He believes we’re all just lovers he sees hope in everyone.And even though she moved away,
We always get calls from our daughter.
She has eyes just like her father’s
They are blue when skies are grey
And just like him, she never stops,
Never takes the day for granted,
Works for everything that’s handed to her,
Never once complains.You think that I nearly lost you
When the doctors tried to take you away.
But like the night you took my hand beside the fire
30 years ago to this day
You swore you’d be here ’til we decide that it’s our time
Well it’s not time, you’ve never quit in all your life.
So just take my hand, you know that I’ll never leave your side.
You’re the love of my life, you know that I’ll never leave your side.You come home from work and you kiss me on the eye
You curse the dogs, you say that I should never feed them what is ours.
So we move out to the garden and look at everything we’ve grown.
And now the kids are coming home
I’ll set the table
You can make the fire.
There’s probably a reason that I’ve never used Facebook chat before tonight, but I’m rolling with laughter.
Description:
If there was one genuine truth that Morris Bird III thought he understood, it was that the world forever and relentlessly changed. But only in one direction—from simple to complicated.
When he was nine, Morris Bird III learned the meaning of bravery. Now, at seventeen, he’s on the verge of adulthood . . . and he’s fallen in love. But it’s 1952 and the Korean War hangs over his head like a dangling sword—and his prickly, complicated relationship with his cold and silent father has never been satisfactorily resolved. When Morris’s own mortality stares him in the face, he learns what it truly means to become a man.
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened is the final book in Don Robertson’s classic trilogy featuring one of the most endearing characters in American literature.
When I picked up this book, I wasn’t aware of several things:
a.) It is the final book of a trilogy following the life of Morris Bird III
b.) The book was actually written in 1970
c.) It’s regarded as a classic by a lot of people
That being said, it was pretty hard for me to emotionally connect to the character of Morris, maybe because I hadn’t taken the journey of the previous two books with him. The story is definitely well-written, but I felt like I was missing out on several key events that took place prior to this chunk of the story; I assume they were explained in the prior books, but not having read them I’m not sure.
I recommend The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened if simply for the fact that Robertson’s style of writing was simultaneously easygoing yet intriguing. Just be sure to read the other two books (The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread and the Sum and Total of Now) first.
Order The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened online at Amazon or pick it up in a bookstore near you!
So, at my new job I was lucky enough to (randomly) get a corner desk with ample room (and encouragement!) to decorate it.
…..mistake, superiors. Mistake! :p
Just kidding. I’m very excited. Last night I printed off 20some pictures of family, friends, and concert photography at Target. I also have a few sony posters that I’m gonna hang (maybe on the inside lower portion… can’t decide yet!) plus little things I picked up at Target. Aannnd I’m getting a plant that I (hopefully) won’t kill.
Could this be a successful merging of our two worlds?
haleyluvsguster (8:11:43 PM): So I just went desk-supply shopping at Target. Alone. Big effing red flags should be exploding in your head.
TiahnaLeigh (8:13:20 PM): yes. there are big fucking red flags EVERYWHERE
TiahnaLeigh (8:13:28 PM): can’t believe you went wiffout me
haleyluvsguster (8:14:05 PM): haha nooo, it was not a riveting trip. It was originally to print some pics.
haleyluvsguster (8:14:16 PM): And then somehow I found myself picking up a Hello Kitty mousepad.
TiahnaLeigh (8:14:29 PM): HELLO KITTY?!?
TiahnaLeigh (8:14:30 PM): HALEY!
haleyluvsguster (8:14:33 PM): BAHAHAHHAHAHAW
TiahnaLeigh (8:14:37 PM): RYLEIGH is too old for hello kitty
TiahnaLeigh (8:14:41 PM): hello kitty is … acky.
haleyluvsguster (8:14:50 PM): It’s not like garish.
haleyluvsguster (8:15:03 PM): It’s … understated. Just pink with “HK” and bows
TiahnaLeigh (8:15:09 PM): that’s not possible. it’s hello fucking kitty
Song of the Day: “Cherry Tulips” by Headlights
(This has totally been the song of the day before, but I’m in LOVE with it… and it’s a good fall song, even though tulips are long past blooming.)
